opentelemetry-python-contrib/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws

OpenTelemetry SDK Extension for AWS X-Ray Compatibility
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This library provides components necessary to configure the OpenTelemetry SDK
for tracing with AWS X-Ray.

Installation
------------

::

    pip install opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws


Usage (AWS X-Ray IDs Generator)
-------------------------------

Configure the OTel SDK TracerProvider with the provided custom IDs Generator to 
make spans compatible with the AWS X-Ray backend tracing service.

Install the OpenTelemetry SDK package.

::

    pip install opentelemetry-sdk

Next, use the provided `AwsXRayIdGenerator` to initialize the `TracerProvider`.

.. code-block:: python

    import opentelemetry.trace as trace
    from opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.trace import AwsXRayIdGenerator
    from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider

    trace.set_tracer_provider(
        TracerProvider(id_generator=AwsXRayIdGenerator())
    )


Usage (AWS X-Ray Propagator)
----------------------------

Use the provided AWS X-Ray Propagator to inject the necessary context into
traces sent to external systems.

This can be done by either setting this environment variable:

::

    export OTEL_PROPAGATORS = aws_xray


Or by setting this propagator in your instrumented application:

.. code-block:: python

    from opentelemetry.propagate import set_global_textmap
    from opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.trace.propagation.aws_xray_format import AwsXRayFormat

    set_global_textmap(AwsXRayFormat())

References
----------

* `OpenTelemetry Project <https://opentelemetry.io/>`_
* `AWS X-Ray Trace IDs Format <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray/latest/devguide/xray-api-sendingdata.html#xray-api-traceids>`_